Jing'an
静安
Shanghai's liveliest shopping quarter — the plane-tree triangle of 长乐路, 富民路 and 巨鹿路 between Changshu Road and Jing'an Temple: vintage shops, streetwear, cafés and the Hudec-designed Eros Garden villa of the Writers' Association, with the ancient temple as the closing anchor. Flat, free and metro-served — the contemporary-Shanghai counterpoint to the heritage walks.
Jing'an (静安) is the heart of contemporary Shanghai — the central district built around the ancient temple of the same name, and the home of the city's most-loved shopping triangle. The area's flagship walk is the Julu–Fumin–Changle route: the plane-tree streets of 长乐路, 富民路 and 巨鹿路 that run between Changshu Road and Jing'an Temple, where the vintage shops, streetwear stores, cafés and bars of young Shanghai line the pavements. The beats include the 1931 Eros Garden villa of the Shanghai Writers' Association at 巨鹿路675号 (gate view only — the association's headquarters is not regularly open) and the benbang (Shanghai home-style) restaurant row of 进贤路, with the temple itself — rebuilt in the 1980s, ¥50 entry, free on the 1st and 15th of the lunar month — as the closing anchor. The quarter is flat, free to walk and metro-served: Line 1/7 at 常熟路站 gates the corridor's west end, Line 2/7/14 at 静安寺站 closes the walk beside the temple.
